The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-26
CRESCENT CITY.
Changes After the Fire-Ss hooI Closed
Personal.

Correspondence Of the PatttEa Ne,cs.
CRESCENT CITY, April %.
Our burnt-out unfortunates are set
Ting themselves down to their former
quietude and complacency with the
world and things.
DIR. Sprague has the saved remnant of
his stock in Capt. Hatley's stnreroom,
hitherto occupied by $. w. Goodale as a
real estate office.
Douglass & Sackett have taken the
former bar-room of T. H. Bradtlock and
again opened their saloon.
Beach & Miller have desk room at
Benham's store, while their former
clerks are finding employment at Kemp
Bros. * Co.
Pierce & Benton will most probably
not open again.
One of the greatest sufferers by the
fire was Mr.. Davis, a very amiable
gentleman, who had a room in the upper
part of Beach K Miller's old store build
ing. He lost all his clothing, baggage
and some money, together with his de
ceased wifes picture and some other
relics which to him were most precious
and invaluable.
Mrs. Cheatham, whose boarding house
vanished with the burning Of the Central
Hotel, has removed to st. Augustine,
and will open boarding establishments
in that city
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again establish the Gdzette. while MIR.
Allen viii seek employment in some
other city.
The insurance agents are busily en-
gagged in finding out what their compa-
MES have actually suffered. and no doubt
will promptly pay their liabilities.
1t is expected that Beach x Miller will
build handsome brick storeroom, and
resume their former safe and prosperous
business.
Capt. j. IL. Hills trip to middle Penn
sylvania was a flying one-it occupied
exactly seven and a half days. On his
trip up he had five hours at Atlanta
which he spent III investigating whether
"a success He is of the decided convic-
ton that it is the latter. He says the
town is cursed by the topers and moder-
ate drinkers, because it is absolutely a
"dry" town So far as intoxicants are
concerned. That even the excepted
wine rooms are "a failure, as the topers
will not sitroniZe them and many who
are engaged in keeping them will close
when their leases expire.
He says that there have been opened
large number of rooms where tenn
perate drinks of many varieties are sold
which rooms are most extensively pat
ronized by ladies and gentlemen. and all
who want Misunderstanding drinks. The
Captain is of the opinion that in Atlanta,
Prohibition does prohibit and that the
city is one of the best for business and
residence in the Union.
Commodore Carl and servant departed
this week for City Island, ". y, his
Northern home.
Large quantities of vegetables are now
being shipped from this point.
Posters announce that Rey. VIM. Il
Osborne, of Niagara Falls. is to- preacl
at the Presbyterian Church tomorrow
Dr. Harrison has returned from Ala
hama, bringing with him his sister ana
family, which makes a very attractive
addition to our social circle.
Our public school closed yesterday
Mrs. Whitman has given our people the
best school We have had for some years
She will probably he again employed ant
given an assistant. She spends til.
summer ut the home of her husband
near Satsuma.
L. +. Willis is busily engaged saving
lumber for the new dwelling to b,
erected by the HubbarrIs.
Mrs. j. \. Phillips was quite seriously
hurt last week by the family horse Sh,
was assisting her husband in taking tn,
animal out of the shafts. when he iumpe,
forward and dragged the wagon ON her
Fortunately no limbs were broken and
she is now gradually recovering =